Steam freezes when opening "library" tab

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3434 · opened 2014-08-14 by dawwin · updated 2019-07-18 · 5 comments · github

Ddawwin 2014-08-14 github

Steam freezes always when i pick "Library" tab. The problem appeared for the first time when I bought Leadwerks Game Engine. Before last steam update it only occurred when I picked "Software" tab but it now appears in the entire "Library" tab. The last thing I can see in console before freeze is

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1407966480)

but it's probably not related.
I had noticed that steam uses entire processor core when it's freezed:

It is really annoying bug because now I can run games only in big picture mode.
The problem occurs in both versions: stable and beta.

My system specification:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3a
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2501 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.11.0-15-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11406000
X Window Manager: Compiz
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-07-22

Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
Driver Version:  3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x8086
DeviceID:  0x166
Number of Monitors:  2
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1600 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 2880 x 1024
Primary Display Size: 15,04" x 8,46"  (17,24" diag)
                                        38,2cm x 21,5cm  (43,8cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Intel PantherPoint HDMI

Memory:
RAM: 7852 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 42579 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 20195 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Eeyecreate 2014-08-16 github

Just wanted to note I've noticed this too.

TTimeTrx 2014-08-17 github

I am also experiencing this issue. I noticed this after I added Leadwerks to my account.
My system specs:
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2401 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.13.0-34-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11501000
X Window Manager: Compiz
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-07-22

Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x8086
DeviceID:  0x416
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 13.54" x 7.60"  (15.51" diag)
                                        34.4cm x 19.3cm  (39.4cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Intel Haswell HDMI

Memory:
RAM: 7897 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_CA.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 343381 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 260464 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Eeuronay 2014-08-18 github

I am getting this too. It happened after I bought Leadwerks. I'm running Debian Jessie 64bit, but tried installing Steam on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm getting the same issue (even without having Leadwerks installed - just in my games list).

Ddawwin 2014-08-27 github

Last beta update fixed this problem for me

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-03-09 github

Closing per the last comment.

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